No cup, no problem Jazz Chisholm Jr. returns one day after painful foul ball to mash homer

Never mind a cup. The best way to not get hit where Jazz Chisholm Jr.did Thursday night is by hitting the baseball like he did on Friday.  Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.

A night after Chisholm exited Thursday’s game mid-at-bat after fouling a ball off that bounced up into his groin area, he returned to the Yankees lineup on Friday and hit a changeup flush into the second deck in right field for a home run in a 5-0 win over the Reds. “It felt great,” said Chisholm, who has hit six of his 11 home runs over his past 18 games.“Leaving the game [Friday] night, not being able to stay in there and help my teammates win the game, to come in and start off the game and put us in front early felt great.” Chisholm was experiencing different feelings on Thursday, when he was writhing in agony after his foul bounced back up between his legs, describing his level of pain as “a million.” “If you ever got hit in the testicles, you would know,” Chisholm said Friday afternoon. Still, the second baseman said, “Hell no,” when asked if he would start wearing a cup after Thursday’s mishap. “I’ve never had a reason to wear one,” he said.

“Now I have a reason to wear one, but it doesn’t mean I’m going to wear one. “It was mandatory in the minor leagues and I still never wore it.I’m just not a cup guy.” Aaron Boone took a different approach during his playing career as a third baseman. “In December going to hit soft-toss, I put a cup on,” the manager said. “That’s the difference between this generation and my generation.

I did nothing without a cup, baseball related.” Chisholm indicated that his refusal to wear a cup had to do with his supreme confidence in his fielding ability. “If you don’t trust your hands, I recommend you wear a cup,” he said. Some of Chisholm’s teammates were seen laughing in the dugou...